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Chapter 1215 Facts speak louder than words
Even so, the companion finally asked suspiciously: "Yaming, you...are you really a cannon?"

"Well, that's right!" Pan Yaming didn't look up, but was just writing something with charcoal, and it seemed that he was about to finish writing.

It was even more strange when the companion was confirmed, pointing to the pattern and asking: "But...but why is your gun bore not round?"

Pan Yaming did not answer immediately this time, but concentrated on finishing his work.

The others were a little curious when they heard the conversation.For them, Pan Yaming, who was born as a scholar, is indeed a smart person in Zhubaofang, otherwise, he would not have been accepted as an apprentice by the master from the capital to teach him personally.Now, what has he fiddled with?

Thinking of this, other people rushed over curiously.The people who arrived first looked down, and were as surprised as this person at first, and said one after another: "Yaming, why isn't the muzzle of your cannon round?"

At this time, Pan Yaming seemed to have finished writing, put down the charcoal in his hand, stood up and smiled and said to everyone: "The book written by the emperor said that the rifled gun is a little bit, because there are rifling lines in the gun bore, so the shells fly away." After exiting the muzzle, it rotates forward. This can achieve stability and greatly improve the accuracy. However, the rifling in the barrel of our current gun is not only troublesome to pull, but also easy to wear and tear. A rifled gun cannot be used How long before he loses his all-important precision."

This shortcoming of rifled guns is well known.It is also true that when Zheng Zhilong came to Zhupaofang to inspect in person, he repeatedly expressed regret for this problem.Now, these onlookers couldn't believe what Pan Yaming said. The fat man who spoke before pointed to the blueprint and said, "You won't say that your strange cannon can solve this problem, right?"

"That's right!" Pan Yaming replied with a smile immediately after hearing this, "I was thinking, is there any other way to make the shells out of the chamber rotate forward? After thinking about it for a long time, I feel that this six-sided Shaped artillery, it should be possible. Of course, the shells also need to be specially made."

In the eyes of disbelief, Pan Yaming added: "I decided to apply to the master to cast this kind of artillery and try it out!"

The onlookers were a little skeptical after hearing this.They understood that if Pan Yaming was not sure, it would be impossible for him to say such a thing, and he still had to apply to the master for a test.However, is this design really reliable?

While talking about this here, it happened that one of the masters, that is, Pan Yaming's master, came back.After hearing his apprentice's request, he couldn't help but brighten his eyes, and after carefully listening to Pan Yaming's explanation of the principle and design, his master made a final decision: "When the old man was in the military battle of the capital, he heard the emperor's repeated confession that it is good Things come out of experiments. Don’t be afraid of failure, just do it if you have an idea. Only we can’t think of it, there is nothing we can’t do! This is the craftsman spirit of our Daming! You have an idea, so go try it? Cost What, don't worry, the old man will solve it!"

Hearing this, Pan Yaming couldn't help nodding his head vigorously. He had heard his master say it more than once, and he appreciated the sentence "There is nothing that can't be imagined, but nothing can't be done".Hearing it again at this time, he couldn't help but yearn very much, if one day, he could meet the emperor, that would be great!
The other onlookers were also a little cheered up when they heard this.If Cannon Workshop can really improve cannons, the entire Cannon Workshop will benefit.However, only Pan Yaming, who is a master's apprentice, can conduct experiments as soon as he brings it up.

Just as they were thinking, Pan Yaming's master changed the subject again: "However, at the beginning, let's try a gun with this shape first. As long as the gun can be made, it means that the cannon can also .”

"Master is thoughtful!" Hearing this, Pan Yaming quickly agreed, "The principle is the same, and it can be built earlier without wasting more manpower and material resources. Master is too good!"

"Hehe, do it well!" Master Pan Yaming said with a smile after listening very well.

It is also the true nature of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty to do what they say.For the Cannon Workshop in Hoi An, led by Pan Yaming, a team was formed immediately, and with his master's endorsement, they quickly started experimenting.

The result is not an experiment, but after an experiment, the conclusion is beyond expectations.

From the point of view of the manufacturing process, this kind of musket is no faster than ordinary rifled guns, and even slower, which consumes more manpower.Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that they are making new types of guns for the first time, and they are constantly making adjustments.But even if these factors are removed, on the whole, this kind of hexagonal gun costs more and is slower to build.

After much difficulty, three new types of muskets were finally created.At this time, the enthusiasm of the project team has actually been exhausted, because they feel that Pan Yaming's original purpose of designing this artillery has not been achieved.Most people are no longer optimistic about this project.

Think about it too, if it is so easy to improve, will you wait until Hoi An?The Jingshi Bingzhan Bureau has stronger technical strength and more funds, so it has long been able to test and improve.

On this day, the weather was fine, and the shooting range dedicated to Zhupaofang was testing a new type of firearm.

If it was before, there must be many people who came to watch the results.But this time, there were not many people. Even the members of the hexagonal musket project team only came halfway.Everyone else made excuses and refused to come.Rather than watching the hard-earned things slap yourself in the face, it's better to be out of sight!

Pan Yaming was naturally there, standing alone beside the gun he had built, waiting for the arrival of the master.

"Ah, Lao Liu, your apprentice's project has achieved results, why are you so inactive, I have to pull you over!"

Following the sound, two old men appeared on the shooting range.The so-called old Liu is Pan Yaming's master.But this time his face was not pretty.

After he learned about the manufacturing process of the hexagonal gun, he didn't want to come here.Because he was not optimistic, he felt that the project had failed.However, Lao Wu, who came with him from the capital, insisted on pulling him over.

Seeing his apprentice staring at him, Lao Liu forced a smile on his face and said, "I'm busy, so I forgot to test the live ammunition today. It's okay, the master is here to watch, let's start!"

For his apprentice, he still appreciates it.It is also because of this that after Pan Yaming told him a lot of reasons, he felt that he could brag to Old Wu, and as a result, he became passive now.

It's also my own cheap mouth that was ridiculed by Old Wu!He thought so, but on the surface, he still wanted to encourage his apprentice.

The old Wu smiled, waved his hands and said: "Let's start, we'll just sit here and wait for the result!"

When Pan Yaming saw it, he pursed his lips and started to operate without saying anything.

The reloading speed of ordinary rifled guns is already slow, but unexpectedly, by comparison, it can be seen that the reloading speed of this hexagonal gun is even slower.Because the bullets are also specially made, they have to match the barrel of the gun.

Seeing the speed of reloading, Old Wu laughed: "Old Liu, this hexagonal gun looks so weird. How did you think it was better than a rifled gun? It's okay for young Yaming to have less experience. , you are a master!"

"I'm too lazy to talk to you!" Old Liu responded with widened eyes after hearing this, "Laugh if you want, it's nothing anyway. The emperor said it all, don't be afraid of failure!"

When Old Wu heard that he had uttered all the words of the emperor, he opened his mouth, but finally did not refute.Turning his head to look at Pan Yaming, he found that the filling had been completed, so he smiled and said, "Come on, don't be dazed, let's start!"

For the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, there is already a set of mature techniques for the shooting test of muskets.In order to prevent the factors of human interference, the firearms are bound to shoot after aiming.

After the operation was completed, there was the sound of musket firing.Then clean the chamber, continue loading, and fire again.The musket experiment, of course, is not a one-shot decision.

At this time, Old Wu suddenly seemed to have discovered something terrible, patted Old Liu on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "See, it seems that this hexagonal gun cleans up the gunpowder residue in the chamber faster! Not bad! "

Old Liu slapped his hand away, and said impatiently: "You are an old man, don't touch your hands!"

He could hear it. Although his old companion was exaggerating the advantages of the hexagonal gun, compared to the disadvantages of the hexagonal gun that had been concluded before, this advantage can really be ignored.Saying this in front of yourself is actually doing yourself a favor!
The target shooting test continued, and the gunpowder was filled with smoke. Later, because there was no wind that day, the operator could hardly see clearly.

After finally waiting for the shooting to end, Lao Liu stood up and wanted to leave.Because the general situation has been seen, although the hexagonal gun can clean up the gunpowder residue in the chamber faster, but overall, the loading speed is still slower.From this conclusion, the effect is not ideal.

Seeing him like this, Old Wu grabbed him and said with a smile: "Don't rush away, I haven't seen the target paper yet! Maybe the accuracy is very high!"

Compared with ordinary muskets, Lao Liu believed that the accuracy must be higher.However, today's comparison object is also a rifled gun. No matter how high the accuracy is, how high can it be?He didn't believe it anymore, this old Wu was obviously trying to improve himself by saying that.

At this moment, Pan Yaming's surprised voice sounded from the shooting range: "Master, master..."

Hearing this cry of surprise, the two cell chiefs were a little taken aback. Could it be... a real surprise?
But then I thought about it, where can I be surprised?Pan Yaming is a young man, young means impulsive.If the project I took the lead with great difficulty has no merits, I will definitely lose face.It is estimated that the accuracy is a little higher, so it is like grabbing a life-saving straw.

"Look, master, let's see, master..." Pan Yaming held a target himself, and ran over without even removing the target paper.Behind him, a few workers from the Cannon Foundry also came over with a few targets.

"Hehe, Lao Liu, look at how happy your apprentice is, it's almost as good as when we first built rifles in the Beijing Military Warfare Bureau!" Old Wu said, standing up from his chair with great interest, At the same time, he stretched out his hand and said, "Come on, show me!"

"You old man, I still don't know what you want to do!" Old Liu also stood up at this time, and Old Wu said a little dissatisfied, "My own apprentice, why are you rushing to see?"

When he said this, he knew very well in his heart that this old man must want to tease his precision and hit his apprentice, how could he let him do so!

At this moment, Pan Yaming had already run over, naturally standing on the master's side, stretched out his hand to hand the target, and said in a surprised voice, "Master, look at the accuracy!"

From the angle of old Wu just now, he didn't see the situation on the target paper.Hearing Pan Yaming's surprised voice, he couldn't help but want to check the situation.However, Old Liu obviously did it on purpose. He turned around and directly blocked his sight, not wanting him to see it.

He then looked at the target and couldn't help being very surprised, and immediately asked in surprise: "Huh, is this a target shot by a hexagonal gun?"

"That's right, it's made with a hexagonal gun. This one has the highest progress." Pan Yaming obviously responded with a little excitement.

The conversation between master and apprentice made Old Wu very curious.But what he was thinking more about was that this old guy was playing a double reed with his apprentice, and he was using a little bit of precision as a treasure!

However, at this time, Lao Liu no longer cared about his old buddy.Holding the target in his hand, he hurriedly looked at the other targets he had just obtained.After just taking a glance, he looked up to the sky and laughed loudly. At the same time, he turned his head and said to Old Wu who was a little surprised: "Old man, come and see for yourself what my apprentice has designed!"

When Lao Wu heard this, he felt that something was wrong, so he didn't bother to argue with Lao Liu, and quickly looked at it, and was immediately startled.This...the increase in accuracy is too great, right?

At this time, Lao Liu didn't turn his back on his old buddy, and quickly ordered his apprentice: "Quick, adjust the parameters, and continue to test this hexagonal gun! Hurry up..."

"Yes, master!" Pan Yaming was also very excited, and immediately turned around and ran to the shooting range with the helpers.

Watching him leave, without Lao Liu saying anything, Lao Wu already sighed: "This precision is really amazing!"

At this time, he no longer needed Lao Liu to defend himself, the facts speak louder than words.It's that simple to do technology!
As a result of the final test, the accuracy of this new type of hexagonal gun is much higher than that of ordinary rifled guns. At a distance of about 500 meters, the diameter of the dispersion area of ​​ten bullets is about ten centimeters.For ordinary rifled guns, it is about [-] centimeters, and the farther the distance is, the more obvious the gap will be.

According to this accuracy, at a distance of about 1000 meters, the hexagonal gun can hit a carriage, while the ordinary rifled gun depends on luck.At a distance of nearly 2000 meters, the hexagonal gun still has a chance to hit an elephant, but the bullets of ordinary rifled guns will not know where they fly.

(End of this chapter)